DISEASES OF THE LIVER, URINARY ORGANS, ETC. 335 



Be at pains to remove from the customary diet every arti- 

 cle of food having a diuretic tendency, especially if it is foul 

 and unhealthy generally. If this is neglected, you run the 

 risk of soon having a case of inflammation of the kidneys 

 on your hands. 



BLOODY URINE, OR HiEMATURA. 



Bloody discharges are sometimes mixed with the urine, 

 and this may occur, in connection with its flow, in natural 

 increased or diminished quantities. Occasionally the blood 

 passes away in lumps of a somewhat dingy hue, but it is oft- 

 ejner diffused through the urine, giving it a highly-colored 

 brownish-red tint. The causes of this phenomenon are not 

 well understood, but it is believed to be occasioned by some 

 mechanical injury within the kidneys or about the region of 

 the loins — some lesion of the parts, which occasions an oozing 

 out of blood, continuing until the wound is healed. The 

 results of dissection indicate that the mischief, in some cases, 

 proceeds from the presence of a species of little worms, of 

 cancer, or of sharp calculus in the kidneys. 



TREATMENT. 



Moderate bleeding will be beneficial in most cases. Use 

 the whortleberry tea, as prescribed in the last section, and, 

 if any thing more is needed, give a solution of the acetate of 

 potash in half a pint of cold water. In preparing the solu- 

 tion, the proportions will be two drachms of the acetate of 

 potash to four ounces of water. In a very mild case, a few 

 days of rest will sometimes set matters right, without any 

 thing additional. 



THICK AND ALBUMINOUS URINE. 



In our country, horses are very subject to the annoyance 

 of thickened urine, often of a mucilaginous consistency. In 

 its mildest stages, this aft'ection is characterized by a thick, 

 reddish-brown discharge, when the urine first begins to flow, 

 but changing soon to a more natural appearance, and ending 



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